From CaneTo Cup
We harvest our sugarcane,
source water from our limestone spring
and meticulously manage the fermentation,
distillation and ageing processes.
The result is a rum infused with
true Jamaican spirit, where heritage
and craft blend together to
bring you excellence in every sip.
The process begins with the harvest.
Several varieties of sugarcane are cultivated at the Estate,
and they give our rums a distinctive, complex flavour and aroma.
Our molasses is diluted with the Estate’s
limestone-filtered water, which gives our rum
its unique soft taste without any added flavours.
We add our proprietary strain of cultured
non-GMO yeast, handed down from generation to
generation, and allow the mixture of molasses and
limestone-filtered water to ferment.
The fermented molasses is distilled into raw spirit.
This process is a true blend of art and science in which
expertise plays as much a role as chemistry.
At Appleton Estate, we combine traditional copper pot still
distillation, which imparts our signature orange peel top
note, and modern column still distillation to create
a balanced rum rich in flavour.
Marques are the individual pot and column still rums created
during the distillation process. A rum marque is a
particular cut of rum that is developed by and unique to a
rum producer, each with its own flavour and aroma profile.
The young rum matures in Number One American
White Oak bourbon barrels until it earns the right to be called
Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum. It is estimated that our tropical
climate causes the rum to age roughly two to three times faster
than if it were in a cooler climate. This transforms our rum into
a smooth, mellow spirit, and brings out vanilla, coffee,
cocoa and hazelnut notes.
Our rum production process is born out of heritage and joy.
At Appleton Estate, every rum is blended by experts, and every
barrel used in our blends is personally selected by
Master Blender Joy Spence and her team.
We adhere to strict minimum ageing guidelines,
this means that the age statement on a bottle refers
to the youngest drop of rum in that blend.
